The airspace over the whole of southern Norway is closed on Thursday morning as a result of a technical error at the Oslo Control Center in Røyken, reports Avinor.
– Significant delays are expected. Duration is currently unknown. We encourage all travelers to refer to the information they receive from their airline. We apologize for the inconvenience this causes. This is all the information we have at the moment. We will come back with more information. writes Avinor in a press release.
For the time being, it appears that the airspace will be closed until 11.00.
It is currently unknown what caused the airspace in southern Norway to be closed on Thursday morning. But it is not due to a data breach, according to Avinor.
– I can deny that it is. There are two systems that do not talk to each other as they should, says press officer Helene Wattanapradit Jensen in Avinor to NRK.
– Do what we can
At Oslo Airport, the last flight took off at 6 o’clock, according to Avinor’s overview.
NTB spoke just after 6.30 with a passenger on a plane that was supposed to take off from Gardermoen, but where the pilot stated that air traffic control is down all over the country, and that the entire system is paralysed.
Avinor confirms to NTB that the error occurred a little before 6.30.
– Now the airspace is closed in the whole of southern Norway due to challenges at Røyken. For now, the airspace is closed. We are doing what we can to find the fault and get traffic moving again. It is too early to say when that will happen, says communications manager Kristine Framholt at Avinor to NTB.
She asks the passengers to travel to the airports as usual.
– Do as normal if you do not receive any other message from your airline, says Framholt.
Avinor is responsible for 43 state-owned airports as well as the air traffic control service for civil and military aviation in Norway.
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